9:25-9:40 Contributing to the report: Experience of a Member State cultivating GMOs (Czech Republic) – Dr. Hana Jirakova, Department of Environmental Risks and Ecological Damage, Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic

9:40-9:55 Contributing to the report: Experience of a Member State not cultivating GMOs (the Netherlands) – Dr.Petra Hogervorst, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, The Netherlands

10:45-10:55 The socio-economic dimension of GMO cultivation in the global context – Mr Emilio Rodriguez-Cerezo, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the European Joint Research Center (JRC)

Moderator: Mr Emilio Rodriguez-Cerezo, Action Leader in AGRILIFE Unit and Head of the European Coexistence Bureau at the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the European Joint Research Center (JRC)